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No. 607,873. Patented July 26, I898. P. MULLANE. HASP FASTENER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,873, dated July 26, .1898.

Application filed November 28, 1896. ri 1N 61 E747- T m l-l T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK MULLANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Self-Fastening Combination Hasp and Staple, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a novel form of hasp and staple which will not become accidentally unfastened, which can be locked with a padlock or other looking device, and which can be made cheaper than other styles of hasp and staple, and in which also the hasp will turn on the staple freely and will readily drop to its place in fastening position.

I accomplish my objects by providing a hasp which is provided with the usual openings, one for securing it permanently to the door and the other to the post for securing it when in the locking position. The latter is an elongated opening, while the former is the simple round opening ordinarily employed. Both openings, unlike the openings in prior hasps, are placed near the top of'the hasp, so that the weight of metal in locking position will be below the staple. The staple for permanentlysecuring the hasp is of the ordinary construction. The staple for securing the hasp when it is desired to lock the door is bent at substantially right angles, so that the exposed portion is in practically the same horizontal plane as the door or post to which it is attached. This latter staple may be made by bending an old-style staple or may be made in other forms. By employing a hasp with an elongated opening near its upper edge and combining the same with a bent staple, as explained, the hasp will be brought to a horizontal position before being placed in or removed from looking position.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is'an elevation showing my improved hasp and staple practically applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figs. 3 and t are respectively an elevation and side View of another form of staple, and Figs. 5and'6 show a'modified form of hasp.

A represents a door, and B the door post;

0 represents the hasp, which, as shown, is provided with a hole D near its upper edge, through which passes an ordinary form of staple E,which secures the same permanently to the door. An elongated opening]? is provided at the other end of the hasp, also near the top thereof, which is adapted to engage with and be secured by the staple G, the construction of which is best shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. This staple may be the ordinary form of staple, a portion of which is bent at right-angles to itself, with the loop portion slightly turned upward, as shown at 00, Fig. 2. When the staple is driven, one portion thereof will be in substantially the same plane with the post to whichitis attached. In Fig. 3 I have shown the staple formed froma plate and not from the ordinary wire staple. In these figures, I-I represents the portion which is attached to the door or post by screws or nails, the holes for which are shown in Fig. 3. I represents the portion which lies in practically the same plane with the door or post, and J represents the hole through which a padlock or other sealing device may be passed.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a form of hasp which is made by bending the upper edge of the hasp into tubular form, as shown at K. By so doing an easy and free movement of the hasp on the staple is permitted and rattling is in a large measure prevented.

It will be observed that by having the weight of the hasp toward its lower edge,- which is accomplished by locating the openings near its upper edge, the hasp will by being moved to a horizontal position readily pass over the locking portion of the staple because of the weight of metal below the openings and will tend to remain in its looking position because of such weight, thereby preventing an accidental unloosening.

If desired, a padlock or other sealing device may be passed through the opening in the staple.

I claim- 1. The combination witha hooked lockingstaple and an attaching-staple, of a hasp having apertures for said staples near its upper edge so that the weight of metal in looking position is below the staples, and of such shape that the hasp must be brought to a thereon for attaching the locking-staples, for

horizontal position before being placed in or the purpose substantially as set forth. IO removed from locking position, substantially This specification signed and witnessed this as set forth. 23d day of November, 1896.

2. The combination with a hooked locking- PATRICK MULLANE. staple, of a hasp having its upper edge shaped Witnesses: in cylindrical form, and apertures near its J. G. BENSLER,

upper edge and close to the cylinder formed WV. E. CLARK. 

